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Presidential Inaugurations
This category contains questions and answers about the history of Presidential Inaugurations, the Oath of Office, and the celebrations afterward.
463 Questions
Was the economy beginning a turn upward in the months immediately before Roosevelt's inauguration?
No, there was not a turn upward in the months immediately before Roosevelt's inauguration. In his first year office unemployment rose to 24.9%.
Who was the first US president to have his inauguration broadcast live over the Internet?
Bill Clinton's second inauguration was the first inauguration broadcast on the internet, -on January 27th 1997.
Why is inauguration on January 20 every four years?
The 20th Amendment of the US Constitution makes it the law.
What were the 2 books Obama placed his hand on during the inauguration?
One was the bible that President Abraham Lincoln used in his first inauguration. The other was a "traveling bible" that Dr. Martin Luther King used to carry with him.
What major networks will be broadcasting the inaugural ceremony?
ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB, ESPN, CNN, and FOX will be broadcasting the inauguration ceremony. It will also be broadcast online on the New York times website, CNN, Hulu, Joost, Fox News and a lot of other places.
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So basically you have Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Assembly, and Freedom to Petition
In what month does the vice president and the president get inaugurated?
The US President and Vice-President are both inaugurated on 20 January every 4 years.
How long does the presidential inauguration last?
The gates open at 8:00 a.m., though Obama's term doesn't technically begin until 12:00 p.m. So, there will be 4 hours of pre-coverage, and at noon, there is a one-hour time slot for the swearing in, inaugural speech, national anthem, benediction, and a poem. After that, there's a ton of activities for Obama to attend, such as luncheons, parades, balls, .etc.
Essentially, the good stuff will last from noon to 1 p.m.
Oh, all times are Eastern.
Why is there an Indian on top of the Capital Building?
There is NO Indian atop the US Capitol Building. It is a twenty feet high bronze Statue of Freedom. It was placed on 2 December 1863 in the middle of the US Civil War.
What were Franklin Pierce's accomplishments?
(paraphrased from his statue on the state Capitol grounds at Concord)
Franklin Pierce was
- Fourteen president of the United States (the only one from NH and the youngest at his time>)
- a lawyer who loved his profession and was a great leader at it
- a member and speaker of the New Hampshire Legislature
- US Congressman
- US Senator
- president iof the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention
- offered but declined the position of US Attorney General, US Secretary of War and governorship of New Hampshire
- Brigadier General in the Mexican War
- commissioner to arrange the armistice with Gen. Santa Anna
What is the value of the presidential inauguration eyewitness medal?
Probably next to nothing. If it is actually calleda "Presidential Inauguration Eyewitness Medal",
it sounds very much like a piece of tourist claptrap. It's worth what you paid for it.
Who had the lowest attendance at a presidential inauguration?
the lowest ever, was Hitler the president of Germany in 1939.
but he was ALLOWED to be president because he'd use to
shoot people who DID NOT vote.
Which mid-19th century president gave the longest inauguration speech of any president?
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If January 20 is on a Sunday when is the President inaugurated?
If January 20th falls on a Sunday in an Inauguration year, typically the President will be sworn in privately on that day and take the oath of office again in public the following Monday.
What is the date of the president's inauguration as determined by the 20Th amendment?
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Which president caught a cold at his inauguration and died a month later?
The 9th president, William Henry Harrison, was inaugurated on March 4, 1841 and died on April 4, 1841 of pneumonia,
What did John F. Kennedy mean in his 1961 inaugural speech by the word forebears?
US president Kennedy used the word 'forebears' in the sense of our ancestors, those who lived before we who live today.
What day does the Inauguration of the US President take place on?
The inauguration of the U.S. president takes places on January 20.
What tactic of Andrew Jackson's campaign secured his election?
His tactic was to smear his opponent John Quincy Adams and to appeal to the commoners. He won the 1828 presidential campaign as a Democrat.
